Gator Frameworks GFW-MIC-0822 Mic Stand Review:
What To Expect from This Drum Mic Stand
Quality
The overall quality of this mic stand is solid. It does everything it’s supposed to do well, and drummers love using it.
The cool thing about it is that you can also use it as a desk mic stand. If you ever have online meetings and need some good audio, you can move this from your bass drum to your desk to get pristine vocal quality.
The mic is also incredibly sturdy, ensuring that it will never move around when you don’t want it to. It can be very frustrating when mic stands wobble, but you won’t get any of that with this one.
Construction
The base of the stand weighs about 10 lbs, which is what makes it feel so sturdy. You then have the telescope that can extend up to 27”. This gives you plenty of options for placements in front of your bass drum or under your snare drum.
You can also independently adjust the length and angle of the telescope, giving you even more placement options. That’s a really nice touch on this stand.
When the mic is fully extended, it can hold a microphone that weighs up to 1.5 lbs. If you have a heavier bass drum mic, just don’t fully extend the boom arm, and you should be good to go.
Performance
The primary quality you’ll feel when using this stand is reliability. It has a job, and it does that job supremely well. We don’t know anyone who has used this stand and had any issues with it.
However, you need to stick to using it for bass drums and snare drum bottoms. If you attempt to use it for other parts of your drum kit, you’ll find the telescoping arm to be too short.
You could potentially use it to mic the bottom side of your hi-hats, but that may be a bit of a stretch, depending on how high your hi-hats are placed.